{"product_id":"4523132160603","title":"Nara Cinefro The Smashing Machine (BRC806) Japan Music CD","description":"Product Description\nNara Sinefro, a composer widely acclaimed for her unique world view that fuses jazz sensibilities, meditative sounds played on harp and modular synthesizers, and elements of folk music and field recordings, has released her first soundtrack album, \"The Smashing Machine OST,\" on Warp Records. The film \"The Smashing Machine\" is directed by Benny Safdie and stars Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson. It is A24's latest film, depicting the life of legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr. Nara Sinefro handled everything from composition, production, arrangement, mixing, and mastering for \"The Smashing Machine OST.\" The recording sessions, held in London, were attended by director Benny Safdie and featured her regular collaborators, including James Morrison (sax), Nubya Garcia (sax\/fl), Morgan Simpson (ds), Sheila Morris Gray (hr), Lyle Burton (syn), Mark Morrison (g), Dwayne Kilvington (syn-bs), and an orchestra of young London musicians who also provided strings for \"Endlessness.\" Nara's meditative, spatial, and expansive music might at first glance seem contradictory to the wrestlers' narrative. However, she deeply resonates with the story, capturing its underlying tenderness and emotion. The pedal harmonium reflects the weightiness of the wrestlers, while rising synth slides depict fear, pain, and the tension of dependence. In \"KO,\" in particular, the synth evokes a supernatural scream, heightening the sense of unease to its extreme. The entire soundtrack, while imbued with Nara's characteristic breadth and warmth, beautiful strings, restrained themes, and majestic harp, is further refined to match the film's themes of fear of defeat, dependence, fragility, pain, volcanic relationships, pressure, and ecstasy. Nara Sinefro's meditative, airy music might at first glance seem contradictory to the wrestler's story. But she deeply resonated with Mark Kerr's story, sensitively capturing the softness and emotion hidden within it. The entire work, while imbued with Nara Sinefro's characteristic breadth and warmth, beautiful strings, restrained themes, and majestic harp, is further refined to match the film's themes of fear of defeat, dependence, fragility, pain, volcanic relationships, pressure, and ecstasy. As an example, in the title track, two highly skilled drummers, Morgan Simpson and Natshette Wakhili, play in sync with the actual fight scenes, delivering a sharp, agile, and aggressive performance as if they were fighting themselves. The snare drum evokes the impact of blows, and the rumbling kick drum sounds like a beating heart. The A24 film \"The Smashing Machine\" is based on the true story of fighter Mark Kerr and stars Dwayne Johnson and Academy Award-nominated actress Emily Blunt. It had its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, where it received a 15-minute standing ovation, and director Benny Safdie won the Silver Lion (Best Director). ...The soundtrack by experimental jazz composer Nara Sinefro consists of swirling harp and breathy saxophone, and could be said to be the music furthest removed from the impact of the blows. However, as music that accompanies Kerr's struggles both inside and outside the ring, it is strangely perfect, giving this rough story an unexpectedly sweet and even spiritual aspect. 'Smashing Machine' is more \"smashing\" than ever before. - The Daily Telegraph \u003ctracklist\u003e 01. Dawn 02. Grand Prix 03. The Smashing Machine 04. The High 05. Mark 06. KO 07. Mark II 08. Dawn II\u003c\/tracklist\u003e","brand":"TOKYO JAPAN CD SHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53224873296181,"sku":"4523132160603","price":4300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/5966\/5973\/files\/31oZOTYtaaL._AC.jpg?v=1785321138","url":"https:\/\/tokyojapancdshop.com\/products\/4523132160603","provider":"TOKYO JAPAN CD SHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}